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Kids’ Quality Sleep May Prevent Obesity, Diabetes

By MedHeadlines • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Adolescents, Children's Health, Diabetes, Diet, Medical Research, Neurology, Obesity, Prevention, Psychiatry, Sleep

According to recently released information, the soaring rate of obesity in 6- to 11-year-old American children has tripled in just 30 years.  Alongside that dangerous rise in weight that threatens our nation’s children, a growing number of these children also…



High Risk of HIV Linked to Common Vaginal Infection

By MedHeadlines • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: AIDS, HIV, Lifestyle, Medical Research, Prevention, Sexuality, Women's Health

Women with bacterial vaginosis are at 60% higher risk of contracting the human immunosuppressant virus (HIV) than women without the infection, according to the findings of a study just released from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill’s School…



Women’s Thyroid Function Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

By MedHeadlines • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Research, Women's Health

The pituitary gland secretes a hormone, thyrotropin, which influences function of the thyroid gland.  Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have released the findings of their study, which reveals a link between Alzheimer’s disease…



Life With a Partner Minimizes Alzheimer’s Risk

By MedHeadlines • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Alzheimer's Disease, Lifestyle, Medical Research, Neurology

Men and women living with a partner in mid-life are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of age-related dementia, according to researchers presenting their study to colleagues at the 2008  Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease,…



Sleep Apnea Can Have Fatal Consequences

By MedHeadlines • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Medical Research, Sleep

Sleep apnea is keeping between 12 million and 18 million Americans awake at night although many of these people don’t even know they have it. A new study has linked sleep apnea, also called sleep-disordered breathing, to a significantly greater…



Exercise in Pill Form May Answer Prayers of Many

By MedHeadlines • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Drugs, Exercise, Medical Research, Obesity

Most of us would have a hard time trying to discern the links between world-class athletes, veterans suffering from physical disabilities,  couch potatoes, and the frail, the elderly, and the obese but researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies…



FDA One Step Closer to Tobacco Regulation

By MedHeadlines • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Events, FDA, Smoking

The United States House of Representatives voted 326 to 102 on Wednesday to take the power of regulation out of the hands of the tobacco industry and place all tobacco products under the regulatory powers of the US Food and…



Concerns for travelers to China Olympics

By MedHeadlines • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: CDC, Events, Prevention

Almost a million travelers from around the world are expected to travel to Beijing next week for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.  Another couple of million Chinese citizens are expected to travel to the city for the event, too.



Diabetes Before Pregnancy Increases Risk of Birth Defects

By MedHeadlines • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: CDC, Children's Health, Diabetes, Medical Research, Pregnancy, Prevention, Women's Health

An extensive study conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed the elevated risk of birth defects in women diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes before becoming pregnant.  Children born to diabetic…



WEIRD Puts a Virtual Doctor in Every Ambulance

By MedHeadlines • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: MedTech

Calling their work the WEIRD project, a team of technology researchers has devised a communications system that uses the latest technologies in an easy-to-use format that can be installed in an ambulance.  The technology allows the ambulance team to relay,…